qəqsiʔ

Lushootseed

word analysis: qə (diminutive reduplication) + qsiʔ (uncle)

noun

pastəducid

1. favorite uncle

   • ʔuqada tə dqəqsiʔ ʔə tə qəlx̌.

   My favorite uncle stole the salmon eggs.

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sources

• 1994, Dawn Bates, Thom Hess and Vi Hilbert, Lushootseed Dictionary, ISBN 0-295-97323-4, University of Washington Press, p. 180
• 1995, Thom Hess and Vi [taqʷšəblu] Hilbert, Lushootseed: The language of the Skagit Nisqually, and other tribes of Puget Sound, an Introduction: Book I, Lushootseed Press, chapter 1